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Lexicon :: Strong's G2288 - thanatos

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θάνατος
Transliteration
thanatos (Key)
Pronunciation
than'-at-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 3:7,312

Strong’s Definitions

θάνατος thánatos, than'-at-os; from G2348; (properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively):—X deadly, (be…) death.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 119x

The KJV translates Strong's G2288 in the following manner: death (117x), deadly (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 119x
The KJV translates Strong's G2288 in the following manner: death (117x), deadly (2x).
  1. the death of the body

    1. that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended

    2. with the implied idea of future misery in hell

      1. the power of death

    3. since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness i.e. figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin

  2. metaph., the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name,

    1. the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell

  3. the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell

  4. in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to God and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θάνατος thánatos, than'-at-os; from G2348; (properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively):—X deadly, (be…) death.
STRONGS G2288:
θάνατος, θανάτου, (θανεῖν); the Sept. for מָוֶת and מוּת, also for דֶּבֶר pestilence (Winers Grammar, 29 note); (one of the nouns often anarthrous, cf. Winers Grammar, § 19, 1 under the word; (Buttmann, § 124, 8 c.); Grimm, commentary on Sap., p. 59); death;
1. properly, the death of the body, i. e. that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul from the body by which the life on earth is ended: John 11:4 (13); Acts 2:24 (Tr marginal reading ᾅδου) (on this see ὠδίν); Philippians 2:27, 30; Hebrews 7:23; Hebrews 9:15; Revelation 9:6; Revelation 18:8; opposed to ζωή, Romans 8:38; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 2 Corinthians 1:9; Philippians 1:20; with the implied idea of future misery in the state beyond, 1 Corinthians 15:21; 2 Timothy 1:10; Hebrews 2:14f; equivalent to the power of death, 2 Corinthians 4:12. Since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived of as being very dark, χώρα καί σκιά θανάτου (צַלְמָוֶת) is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness, i. e. figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin: Matthew 4:16; Luke 1:79 (from Isaiah 9:2); θάνατος is used of the punishment of Christ, Romans 5:10; Romans 6:3-5; 1 Corinthians 11:26; Philippians 3:10; Colossians 1:22; Hebrews 2:(9),14; σῴζειν τινα ἐκ θανάτου, to free from the fear of death, to enable one to undergo death fearlessly, Hebrews 5:7 (but others besides); ῤύεσθαι ἐκ θανάτου, to deliver from the danger of death, 2 Corinthians 1:10; plural θανατοῖ, deaths (i. e. mortal perils) of various kinds, 2 Corinthians 11:23; περίλυπος ἕως θανάτου, even unto death, i. e. so that I am almost dying of sorrow, Matthew 26:38; Mark 14:34 (λελύπημαι ἕως θανάτου, Jonah 4:9; λύπη ἕως θανάτου, Sir. 37:2, cf, Judges 16:16); μέχρι θανάτου, so as not to refuse to undergo even death, Philippians 2:8; also ἄχρι θανάτου, Revelation 2:10; Revelation 12:11; ἐσφαγμένος εἰς θάνατον, that has received a deadly wound, Revelation 13:3; πληγή θανάτου, a deadly wound (death-stroke, cf. Winer's Grammar, § 34, 3 b.), Revelation 13:3, 12; ἰδεῖν θάνατον, to experience death, Luke 2:26; Hebrews 11:5; also γεύεσθαι θανάτου (see γεύω, 2), Matthew 16:28; Mark 9:1; Luke 9:27; διώκειν τινα ἄχρι θανάτου, even to destruction, Acts 22:4; κατακρίνειν τινα θανάτῳ, to condemn one to death (admortemdamnare, Tacitus), Matthew 20:18 (here Tdf. εἰς θάνατον); Mark 10:33, (see κατακρίνω, a.); πορεύεσθαι εἰς θάνατον, to undergo death, Luke 22:33; παραδιδόναι τινα εἰς θάνατον, that he may be put to death, Matthew 10:21; Mark 13:12; passive, to be given over to the peril of death, 2 Corinthians 4:11; παρέδωκαν... εἰς κρίμα θανάτου, Luke 24:20; ἀποκτεῖναι τινα ἐν θανάτῳ (a Hebraism (cf. Buttmann, 184 (159f))), Revelation 2:23; Revelation 6:8 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 29 note); αἰτία θανάτου (see αἰτία, 2), Acts 13:28; Acts 28:18; ἄξιον τί θανάτου, some crime worthy of the penalty of death, Acts 23:29; Acts 25:11, 25; (Acts 26:31); Luke 23:15, 22 (here αἴτιον (which see 2 b.) θάνατος); ἔνοχος θανάτου, worthy of punishment by death, Matthew 26:66; Mark 14:64; θανάτῳ τελευτάτω, let him surely be put to death, Matthew 15:4; Mark 7:10, after Exodus 21:17 the Sept. (Hebrew יוּמָת מות); cf. Winers Grammar, § 44 at the end N. 3; (Buttmann, as above); θανάτου... σταυροῦ, Philippians 2:8; ποιῶ θανάτῳ, by what kind of death, John 12:33; John 18:32; John 21:19. The inevitable necessity of dying, shared alike by all men, takes on in the popular imagination the form of a person, a tyrant, subjugating men to his power and confining them in his dark dominions: Romans 6:9; 1 Corinthians 15:(26),54,56; Revelation 21:4; Hades is associated with him as his partner: 1 Corinthians 15:55 R G; Revelation 1:18 (on which see κλείς); Revelation 6:8; 20:13,(Revelation 20:14a) (Psalm 17:5 (Ps. 18:5); Psalm 114:3 (Psalms 116:3); Hosea 13:14; Sir. 14:12).
2. metaphorically, the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name, i. e. "the misery of soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body": 2 Corinthians 3:7; James 1:15 (Clement of Rome, 2 Cor. 1, 6 [ET] says of life before conversion to Christ, βίος ἡμῶν ὅλος ἄλλο οὐδέν ἦν εἰ μή θάνατος (cf. Philo, praem. et poenis § 12, and references in 4 below)); opposed to ζωή, Romans 7:10, 13; 2 Corinthians 2:16; opposed to σωτηρία, 2 Corinthians 7:10; equivalent to the cause of death, Romans 7:13; σῴζειν ψυχήν ἐκ θανάτου, James 5:20; μεταβεβηκέναι ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τήν ζωήν, John 5:24; 1 John 3:14; μένειν ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ, 1 John 3:14; θεωρεῖν θάνατον, John 8:51; γεύεσθαι θανάτου, John 8:52 (see 1 above); ἁμαρτία and ἁμαρτάνειν πρός θάνατον (see ἁμαρτία, 2 b.), 1 John 5:16f (in the rabbinical writers לָמוּת חֵטְא — after Numbers 18:22, the Sept. ἁμαρτία θανατηφόρος — is acrimen capitale).
3. the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell is called — now simply θάνατος, Romans 1:32 (Wis. 1:12f Wis. 2:24; Tatian or. ad Graec. c. 13; the author of the epistle ad Diognet. c. 10, 7 [ET] distinguishes between δοκῶν ἐνθάδε θάνατος, the death of the body, and ὄντως θάνατος, ὅς φυλάσσεται τοῖς κατακριθησομενοις εἰς τό πῦρ τό αἰώνιον); now δεύτερος θάνατος and θάνατος δεύτερος (as opposed to the former death, i. e. to that by which life on earth is ended), Revelation 2:11; Revelation 20:6, 14b; Revelation 21:8 (as in the Targums on Deuteronomy 33:6; Psalm 48:11 (Ps. 49:11); Isaiah 22:14; Isaiah 66:15; (for the Greek use of the phrase cf. Plutarch, de fade in orbe lunae 27, 6, p. 942 f.); θάνατος αἰώνιος, the Epistle of Barnabas 20, 1 [ET] and in ecclesiastical writings ( ἀΐδιος θάνατος, Philo, post. Cain. § 11 at the end; see also Wetstein on Revelation 2:11)).
4. In the widest sense, death comprises all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to God and blessed in him on earth (Philo, alleg. legg. i. § 33 ψυχῆς θάνατος ἀρετῆς μέν φθορά ἐστι, κακίας δέ ἀνάληψις (de profug. § 21 θάνατος ψυχῆς μετά κακίας ἐστι βίος, especially §§ 10, 11; qued det. pot. insid. §§ 14, 15; de poster. Cain. § 21, and de praem. et poen. as in 2 above)), to be followed by wretchedness in the lower world (opposed to ζωή αἰώνιος): θάνατος seems to be so used in Romans 5:12; Romans 6:16, 21 (Romans 6:23; yet others refer these last three examples to 3 above); Romans 7:24; Romans 8:2, 6; death, in this sense, is personified in Romans 5:14, 17, 21; Romans 7:5. Others, in all these passages as well as those cited under 2, understand physical death; but see Philippi on Romans 5:12; Messner, Lehre der Apostel, p. 210ff
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
21:17
Numbers
18:22
Deuteronomy
33:6
Judges
16:16
Psalms
17:5; 18:5; 48:11; 49:11; 114:3; 116:3
Isaiah
9:2; 22:14; 66:15
Hosea
13:14
Jonah
4:9
Matthew
4:16; 10:21; 15:4; 16:28; 20:18; 26:38; 26:66
Mark
7:10; 9:1; 10:33; 13:12; 14:34; 14:64
Luke
1:79; 2:26; 9:27; 22:33; 23:15; 23:22; 24:20
John
5:24; 8:51; 8:52; 11:4; 12:33; 18:32; 21:19
Acts
2:24; 13:28; 22:4; 23:29; 25:11; 25:25; 26:31; 28:18
Romans
1:32; 5:10; 5:12; 5:12; 5:14; 5:17; 5:21; 6:3; 6:4; 6:5; 6:9; 6:16; 6:21; 6:23; 7:5; 7:10; 7:13; 7:13; 7:24; 8:2; 8:6; 8:38
1 Corinthians
3:22; 11:26; 15; 15:21; 15:55
2 Corinthians
1:9; 1:10; 2:16; 3:7; 4:11; 4:12; 7:10; 11:23
Philippians
1:20; 2:8; 2:8; 2:27; 2:30; 3:10
Colossians
1:22
2 Timothy
1:10
Hebrews
2; 2:14; 5:7; 7:23; 9:15; 11:5
James
1:15; 5:20
1 John
3:14; 3:14; 5:16
Revelation
1:18; 2:10; 2:11; 2:11; 2:23; 6:8; 6:8; 9:6; 12:11; 13:3; 13:3; 13:12; 18:8; 20:6; 20:13; 20:14; 20:14; 21:4; 21:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2288 matches the Greek θάνατος (thanatos),
which occurs 247 times in 236 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 2:17–Jos 2:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:17 -

“but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:4 -

“No! You will certainly not die,” the serpent said to the woman.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 -

and went and sat at a distance, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I can’t bear to watch the boy die! ” While she sat at a distance, she[fn] wept loudly.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 -

So Abimelech warned all the people, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will certainly be put to death.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 -

They answered, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, or else he may strike us with plague or sword.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 -

“then the LORD’s hand will bring a severe plague against your livestock in the field ​— ​the horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:15 -

“By now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague, and you would have been obliterated from the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:17 -

“Please forgive my sin once more and make an appeal to the LORD your God, so that he will just take this death away from me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:12 -

“Put boundaries for the people all around the mountain and say: Be careful that you don’t go up on the mountain or touch its base. Anyone who touches the mountain must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:12 -

“Whoever strikes a person so that he dies must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:15 -

“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:16 -

“Whoever kidnaps a person must be put to death, whether he sells him or the person is found in his possession.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:17 -

“Whoever curses his father or his mother must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:19 -

“Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:20 -

“Whoever sacrifices to any gods, except the LORD alone, is to be set apart for destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:14 -

“Observe the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Whoever profanes it must be put to death. If anyone does work on it, that person must be cut off from his people.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:15 -

“Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 -

“Say to the Israelites: Any Israelite or alien residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the country are to stone him.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:9 -

“If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his death is his own fault.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:10 -

“If a man commits adultery with a married woman ​— ​if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife ​— ​both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:11 -

“If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his father.[fn] Both of them must be put to death; their death is their own fault.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:12 -

“If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have acted perversely; their death is their own fault.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:15 -

“If a man has sexual intercourse with[fn] an animal, he must be put to death; you are also to kill the animal.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:16 -

“If a woman approaches any animal and mates with it, you are to kill the woman and the animal. They must be put to death; their death is their own fault.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:27 -

“A man or a woman who is[fn] a medium or a spiritist must be put to death. They are to be stoned; their death is their own fault.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 -

“Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must be put to death; the whole community is to stone him. If he blasphemes the Name, he is to be put to death, whether the resident alien or the native.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:17 -

“If a man kills anyone, he must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:21 -

“Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, but whoever kills a person is to be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 -

“I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a pestilence among you, and you will be delivered into enemy hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:29 -

“No person who has been set apart for destruction is to be ransomed; he must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 -

“Please don’t let her be like a dead baby[fn] whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:12 -

“I will strike them with a plague and destroy them. Then I will make you into a greater and mightier nation than they are.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:35 -

Then the LORD told Moses, “The man is to be put to death. The entire community is to stone him outside the camp.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:29 -

“If these men die naturally as all people would, and suffer the fate of all, then the LORD has not sent me.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 -

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 -

For the LORD had said to them that they would all die in the wilderness. None of them was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 -

“If anyone strikes a person with an iron object and death results, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 -

“If anyone has in his hand a stone capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 -

“If anyone has in his hand a wooden object capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 -

“or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood is to kill the murderer when he finds him.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 -

“You are not to accept a ransom for the life of someone who is guilty of murder; he must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 -

“Otherwise, the avenger of blood in the heat of his anger[fn] might pursue the one who committed manslaughter, overtake him because the distance is great, and strike him dead. Yet he did not deserve to die,[fn] since he did not previously hate his neighbor.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:22 -

“If anyone is found guilty of an offense deserving the death penalty and is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 -

“Do nothing to the young woman, because she is not guilty of an offense deserving death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:21 -

“The LORD will make pestilence cling to you until he has exterminated you from the land you are entering to possess.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:15 -

“See, today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and adversity.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:19 -

“I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:14 -

The LORD said to Moses, “The time of your death is now approaching. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting so that I may commission him.” When Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 -

“For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are rebelling against the LORD now, while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after I am dead!

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13 -

“that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and save us from death.”


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